The Poojer Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 was kind hoping google maps would work but i cannot find the slope or grade of a few places in my area. anyone have any good resources?
BuffaloBud Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 was kind hoping google maps would work but i cannot find the slope or grade of a few places in my area. anyone have any good resources? Pooj - The one way I know how to do this is to use "mapmyride.com". I use this to find some hills to train on while riding my bike. I take the starting and finishing elevation and the distance between the two points to calculate the slope (grade). If there is another way I would be interested too. My Garmin bike computer measures this automatically via GPS.
The Poojer Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 i have been using a smartphone app for jogging and walking, just curious because I do three hills that just kill me and i have no concept of the grade i am doing but it looks and feels to be about 90 degrees . my app only tracks the path and gives me total distance and total elevation, trying to see if there are any topo maps online that may give that info Pooj - The one way I know how to do this is to use "mapmyride.com". I use this to find some hills to train on while riding my bike. I take the starting and finishing elevation and the distance between the two points to calculate the slope (grade). If there is another way I would be interested too. My Garmin bike computer measures this automatically via GPS.
The Poojer Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 after messing around with google earth you can get pretty good info....i think i found what i was looking for...the one hill in my walk turns out to be .61 mi and the slope ranges from -11.6% to +19.7% with the majority of it being between 5-12%...pretty cool little tool and now i know why i get so wiped out on this particular leg of my journey.... Pooj - The one way I know how to do this is to use "mapmyride.com". I use this to find some hills to train on while riding my bike. I take the starting and finishing elevation and the distance between the two points to calculate the slope (grade). If there is another way I would be interested too. My Garmin bike computer measures this automatically via GPS.
Fezmid Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 If you have a pocket GPS, they usually tell you your elevation. Look at the elevation at the bottom and at the top?
KD in CA Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 I dunno, but I can tell you my road gets a C+; I really wish they would repave that one stretch going up the hill.
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